F-35 and F-22 fly together for the first time

[Defcon4]

F-35 and F-22 fly together for the first time The Further Looks Bright.

[Rii]

Nice shot! You don't happen to have it in larger resolution?

[ActionJackson]

Don't think it's the first time...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-zYdnpUXoss

[SpudmanWP]

It's not Defcon4's fault, just another case of a reporter not doing any research.

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/sli...-time-afb.html

[Jō Asakura]

Nice shot! You don't happen to have it in larger resolution?

http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-001.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-002.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-006.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-005.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-004.jpg

...and that particular one:

http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-000.jpg

[djcross]

...and that particular one:

Those pictures give a good perspective of the small size of F-35 in comparison to F-22.

The small size is also F-35's greatest shortfall.

[Owlcat]

With a bit of color correction those images could look a lot better.

[Italy]

The small size is also F-35's greatest shortfall.

some say that's the LCA/Tejas' greatest shortfall as well!

can there ever be a Gripen sized stealth aircraft or is there a minimum size 5th gen aircraft limited to?

[LoofahBoy]

Huh. So that's how China's new J-30 was born.

All joking aside, it's nice to see the two of them side-by-side. Their features complement each other very well.

I wonder how the two would operate together during a mission? Did they ever get around to updating the F-22s systems so it could link up with the F-35 (or therabouts)?

[SpudmanWP]

They could use BACN for now and add MADL to the F-22 after MADL dev is complete and funds are available.

[Rii]

http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-001.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-002.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-006.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-005.jpg
http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-004.jpg

...and that particular one:

http://www.eglin.af.mil/shared/media...-zz987-000.jpg

Thanks mate, I appreciate it. Some great shots there.

[haavarla]

They could use BACN for now and add MADL to the F-22 after MADL dev is complete and funds are available.

Interesting.
Do we know approx when that will happen?